Table 1. Identification of known miRNAs in larch.
| 18 highly conserved miRNA families | ||||
| Family Name (number of members) | Conserved species (number of members) | |||
| Number | ath | osa | others | |
| miR156/157 (8) | 41 | 11 | 12 | pta (2) |
| miR159/319/4414 (16) | 32 | 6 | 8 | pta (4) |
| miR160 (1) | 33 | 3 | 6 | pab (2) |
| miR162 (2) | 25 | 2 | 2 | ptc (3) |
| miR164 (5) | 26 | 3 | 6 | ptc (6) |
| miR165/166 (16) | 35 | 9 | 14 | pab (2) |
| miR167 (7) | 32 | 4 | 10 | ptc (8) |
| miR168 (3) | 26 | 2 | 2 | ptc (2) |
| miR169 (3) | 27 | 14 | 17 | ptc (32) |
| miR171 (2) | 36 | 3 | 9 | pta (1) |
| miR172 (4) | 30 | 5 | 4 | ptc (9) |
| miR390 (2) | 23 | 2 | 1 | pta (1) |
| miR393 (1) | 22 | 2 | 2 | ptc (4) |
| miR396 (3) | 35 | 2 | 9 | pab (3) |
| miR397 (2) | 21 | 2 | 2 | pab (1) |
| miR398 (2) | 25 | 3 | 2 | pta (1) |
| miR399 (2) | 29 | 6 | 11 | ptc (12) |
| miR408 (2) | 28 | 1 | 1 | pta (1) |
| 20 known families showed partial conservation with other plants | ||||
| Family Name (number of members) | Conserved species (number of members) | |||
| Number | pta | pab | others | |
| miR894 (8) | 1 | / | / | ppt (1) |
| miR1083 (1) | 1 | / | / | smo (1) |
| miR5059 (5) | 1 | / | / | bdi (1) |
| miR5139 (4) | 1 | / | / | rgi (1) |
| miR482 (4) | 22 | 4 | 4 | ptc (3) |
| miR528 (2) | 5 | / | / | osa (1) |
| miR529 (3) | 9 | / | / | ppt (7) |
| miR535 (5) | 9 | / | 1 | ppt (4) |
| miR536 (1) | 2 | / | / | ppt (5) |
| miR827 (1) | 12 | / | / | ath (1) |
| miR2118 (2) | 9 | / | / | osa (18) |
| miR947 (1), miR950 (12), miR951 (4), miR1311 (5) | 3 | 1 | 1 | pde (1) |
| miR946 (6), miR1312 (2), miR1313 (2),miR1314 (2), miR3701 (3) | 2 | 1 | / | pde (1) |
ath: Arabidopsis thaliana; osa: Oryza sativa; ptc: Populus trichocarpa; pta: Pinus taeda; pab: Picea abies; ppt: Physcomitrella patens; smo: Selaginella moellendorffii; rgi: Rehmannia glutinosa; bdi: Brachypodium distachyon; pde: Pinus densata.